Pinney Beach

20 May 2006 | Nevis

Nevis is separated from St Kitts by a 2 mile channel. Sailing up to Nevis it looks like a dark green cone with clouds capping its peak. Mount Nevis is usually crowned with white clouds, as though the mountain were covered with snow. Christopher Colombus named the island Las Nieves, after a range of snow capped mountains in Spain.
We anchored north of Charlestown, the capital, off a beautiful coconut lined beach called Pinney's Beach with Mount Nevis in the distance. There were 6 other boats anchored here. It was a rainy afternoon but we went to the beach for a while and played then Paul and Karin came over for cocktails. We only stayed here one day and will continue on in the morning. We still have not had any luck fishng... we always have both poles out but not even a nibble. This dry spell is not good!

Valerie, Menno, Daniel, John and our dog Daisy are aboard Eira off to explore The Bahamas. We will island hop south through the Caribbean with plans to be in Grenada by Hurricane season. Our second "windy season" will be spent in the Spanish Virgin Islands.

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"Twenty years from now you will be disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in you sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."--Mark Twain